SoftLayer_Hardware::powerOn

Power on server.

Description

The ‘‘‘powerOn’’’ method powers on a server via its remote management card. This boolean return value returns ‘’true’’ upon successful execution and ‘‘false’’ if unsuccessful. Other remote management commands may not be issued in this command was successfully completed within the last 20 minutes to avoid server failure. Remote management commands include:

rebootSoft rebootHard powerOn powerOff powerCycle

Parameters

None

Required Headers

• Authenticate
• SoftLayer_HardwareInitParameters

Optional Headers

• None

Return Values

• boolean

Error Handling

• “Method has not been implemented for this object type.”

REST Example

curl -g -u $SL_USER:$SL_APIKEY -X GET \
'https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3.1/SoftLayer_Hardware/{SoftLayer_HardwareID}/powerOn'